East Asia

The Boxer Rebellion still shapes Beijing’s attitude toward the United States.

The exiled Hong Kong activist makes a case for fighting global authoritarianism in a new book.

Washington may be tired of the Middle East, but Beijing is just getting started.

The digital heist that began with the hack of Sony Pictures

Ignoring Cambodia and Laos is a strategic mistake—but engagement requires a smarter balance of values and interests.

Fumio Kishida’s new populist measures look to shrink inequality and stir a sluggish economy.

Washington should prioritize economic statecraft and stop thinking with its missiles.

Cyber-nationalists are uncomfortably reminiscent of the Red Guards of the 1960s.

Neither yes nor no, this idea can take you far in Japanese politics.

Civil war inside the right has liberals surging in the polls.

The Chinese foreign minister’s island hopping is the latest sign of contestation over the Indo-Pacific.

From the White House to Turtle Bay, sanctions have never been more popular. But why are they so hard to make work?

Relations between the world’s two largest economic powers are at historic lows.

The biggest country to maintain “zero COVID” faces its greatest challenge yet.

The U.S. Justice Department’s China Initiative has become dangerously broad.